I'm not sure why you're getting down voted for this. A lot is an interesting question, especially given this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_b

I'm not sure why you're getting down voted for this. A lot is an interesting question, especially given this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_...) which if you sort by percentage of GDP puts the US below Russia. Is it that surprising that the country with far and away the highest GDP has the highest military spending in real dollars?